20 Photos That Show Our Grandparents Were More Badass Than We Will Ever Be

20 Photos That Show Our Grandparents Were More Badass Than We Will Ever Be

From these photos, it seems that our grandparents' generation had no fear. They fought the Nazis, traveled the world, and were always great looking.

By Asmita S

June 7, 2019

Posted June 7, 2019

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When we were teenagers, our idea of what was cool was anything that we weren't allowed to do, which included smoking and driving. As an adult, being cool or 'badass' fell away from our priorities but these old photos of the older generation in their heyday will surely give us some goals.

These photos of people's grandparents fighting the Nazis, petting lions, and sitting on the wings of flying aircrafts are redefining what it means to be cool. Of course, these would be the same people who would have told their children not to pull such stunts. But these pictures are bound to make us look at our grandparents with new eyes: They too were young and wild and free once.

Here are some photos of their ultra-cool grandparents that people have shared:

1. My grandma smoking a cigarette on the farm. Wearing pants and doing whatever the hell she wanted in 1938